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Middle Ages and Renaissance Music

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What texture is the earliest Gregorian Chant?

a)

Monophony

b)

Polyphony

c)

Heterophony

d)

Homophony

2.

The Middle Ages was between what years?

a)

450-1450

b)

1450-1600

c)

1650-1750

d)

1750-1820

3.

The musical line that supports the melody

a)

harmony

b)

melody

c)

polyphony

d)

accompaniment

4.

When music has multiple layers that are equally important

a)

monophony

b)

homophony

c)

polyphony

d)

heterophony

5.

The most prominent or noticeable line

a)

accompaniment

b)

melody

c)

harmony

d)

consonance

6.

When music has a single line or layer

a)

monophony

b)

homophony

c)

polyphony

d)

heterophony

7.

How the notes in music work together

a)

melody

b)

harmony

c)

accompaniment

d)

polyphony

8.

This invention revolutionized the way that books and music were distributed

a)

organum

b)

education

c)

printing press

d)

patronage

9.

The oldest complete composition with notation and lyrics was called

a)

Dies Irae

b)

Seikilos Epitaph

c)

Pope Marcellus Mass

d)

Sacred Epitaph

10.

Halfway through the Middle Ages, choirs began adding a second line to Gregorian chant that was called...

a)

patronage

b)

education

c)

madrigal

d)

organum

11.

What is a traveling poet and musician who makes their living off of performing in the Renaissance called?

a)

Prodigal

b)

Impresario

c)

Troubadour

d)

Circus King

12.

Renaissance courts would entertain themselves by doing this while listening to music.

a)

Eating

b)

Dancing

c)

Fighting

d)

Sleeping

13.

What is the loudness or softness between phrases or notes called?

a)

Ostinato

b)

Style

c)

Dynamic

d)

Genre

14.

What term refers to a composer matching what happens in the music to the words?

a)

Word Painting

b)

Polyphonic

c)

Adaptation

d)

Secular

15.

Which instrument was not commonly used in the Renaissance?

a)

Lute

b)

Piano

c)

Harpsichord

d)

Organ

16.

What was Hildegaard of Bingen's occupation (other than composer)?

a)

Teacher

b)

Instrumentalist

c)

Troubadour

d)

Nun

17.

What are Madrigals usually about?

a)

Love

b)

Death

c)

The Church

d)

Ancient Mythology

18.

During the Renaissance, church leaders decided that sacred music was getting too hard to understand and asked composers to keep their music...

a)

Real

b)

Simple

c)

Complicated

d)

Loud

19.

During the Renaissance, people's focus turned from the church to ancient literature and what?

a)

Dancing

b)

Greek tombstones

c)

Mythology

d)

Gregorian chant

20.

What does the chant melody named "Dies Irae" translate to?

a)

Day of Wrath

b)

Day of Death

c)

Day of Funerals

d)

Death to All

21.

Instruments were not used in the church until 1100AD because they associated them with what?

a)

Pagan worship

b)

Court dances

c)

The Dies Irae

d)

Love Songs

22.

Large courts would hire as many as ____________ instrumentalists for their parties.

a)

Thirty

b)

Fifty-five

c)

Seventy

d)

One hundred